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αἷμα δίκαιον

Blood · just

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αἷμα G129 blood
Pronunciation haîma
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δίκαιος G1342 just
Pronunciation díkaios
Conformity to God's standard of right rather than human standards; righteousness as measured against divine justice.
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What does αἷμα δίκαιον (haima dikaion) mean in the Bible?

αἷμα · δίκαιος is a Greek word meaning "righteous blood, innocent blood".

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Meaning

righteous blood, innocent blood
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 16:17 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 26:28 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 14:24 · Luke 11:50 · John 6:55 · John 19:34 · Acts 18:6 · Acts 22:20 · 1 Cor 15:50 · Heb 9:13 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 9:20 · Heb 13:11 · 1 John 1:7 23×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:35 · Matt 27:6 · Matt 27:8 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 5:25 · Mark 5:29 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 8:44 · Luke 11:51 · Luke 22:44 · Acts 1:19 · Acts 15:20 · Acts 15:29 · Acts 20:26 · Acts 20:28 · 1 Cor 10:16 33×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter John 1:13 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:30 · Luke 22:20 · Rom 3:25 · Rom 5:9 · 1 Cor 11:25 · Gal 1:16 · Eph 2:13 · Heb 9:21 · Heb 9:22 · Heb 9:25 · Heb 10:19 · Heb 12:24 · Heb 13:20 · 1 Pet 1:19 · 1 John 5:6 · Rev 1:5 20×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:4 · Luke 13:1 · John 6:53 · John 6:54 · John 6:56 · Acts 2:19 · Acts 2:20 · Acts 5:28 · Acts 21:25 · Rom 3:15 · Eph 6:12 · Heb 9:19 · Heb 10:4 · Heb 10:29 · Rev 6:10 · Rev 11:6 20×
97 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment Acts 3 — The Risen Christ Heals and Calls Israel to Repentance Acts 7 — Stephen Testifies to Israel’s Resistance and Christ’s Glory Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship John 7 — The Feast, the Divided Crowd, and the Living Water of Jesus Luke 18 — Persistent Faith, Humble Mercy, and the King on the Road to Jerusalem Luke 22 — The Passover Betrayal, the New Covenant Meal, and the Suffering Servant King Luke 23 — The Innocent King Condemned, Crucified with Transgressors, and Buried in Hope Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Matthew 1 — The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus the Messiah Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 25 — Readiness, Stewardship, and the Final Judgment of the Son of Man Matthew 26 — The Betrayal, Passover, Gethsemane, Trial, and Denial of Jesus Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Philippians 4 — Rejoicing, Peace, Contentment, and Gospel Partnership in Christ Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

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